Wikidata Tour Down Under (2018)
Andy Mabbett visited Australia for three weeks in February 2016 (see: Wikidata Tour Down Under (2016)).
He's doing it again in September/October 2018, for four weeks, and will be talking about Wikipedia, Wikidata & their sister projects, and how they impact GLAMs, and Open Science, as well as explaining how institutions can work with the community of volunteers who maintain those projects, to mutual benefit.
Details are still being finalised, but so far:
- 11 September - State Library of Queensland, Brisbane - Introduction to Wikidata and GLAM with Andy Mabbett - Presentation
- 11 September - State Library of Queensland, Brisbane - Introduction to Wikidata and GLAM with Andy Mabbett - Workshop
- 12 September - State Library of New South Wales, Sydney -Wikipedia Seminar
- Also Wikidata workshop
- 15 September - Melbourne (event tbc)
- 18 September - Hobart - Australasian Research Management Society (pre-conference workshop)
- 20 September - Hobart - Australasian Research Management Society Conference 'theme leader' presentation
- 27 September - Perth - 'Wikipedia Loves Archives: Archives Should Love Wikipedia, Too' (Australian Society of Archivists conference - closing keynote)
are confirmed.
Contact pru.mitchell
wikimedia.org.au for questions Eastern Australian events.
Contact Gnangarrawikimedia.org.au for questions on Western Australia events.